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Not working hotkeys for brightness in HP ProBook 640 G2

Bug #1562344 reported by dlh on 2016-03-26

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	systemd (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned
	Trusty	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Description
=========

It seems like a new HP laptops are using new vendor string which brokes
hotkeys.

Workaround
==========

Just to put following lines to fix hotkeys for brithness.

evdev:atkbd:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnHP*:pn*:pvr*
KEYBOARD_KEY_92=brightnessdown
KEYBOARD_KEY_97=brightnessup

Proposed solution
===============

The issue was already solved by upstream systemd[1] developers 25 days
ago, so resync of hwdb/60-keyboard.hwdb should be enough.

[1]: commit 325de0ac23596209c252ebcc934dd5f5926fe2b6

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: systemd 225-1ubuntu9.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-34.39-generic 4.2.8-ckt4
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Mar 26 17:20:25 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-25 (30 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04ca:7053 Lite-On Technology Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a5c:640b Broadcom Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: HP HP ProBook 640 G2
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-34-generic root=UUID=4bccba3c-0c3c-430f-bfef-b033d9fcd45c ro cryptopts=target=root,source=/dev/disk/by-uuid/9108c404-6977-4914-afd8-40b3e8824d30 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: systemd
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: HP
dmi.bios.version: N76 Ver. 01.00
dmi.board.name: 80FD
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 22.36
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 5CG605253R
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHP:bvrN76Ver.01.00:bd12/07/2015:svnHP:pnHPProBook640G2:pvr:rvnHP:rn80FD:rvrKBCVersion22.36:cvnHP:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 640 G2
dmi.sys.vendor: HP

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lp://staging/~yuningdodo/systemd/systemd.trusty.lp1562344

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dlh (dolohow) wrote on 2016-03-26:

CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (65.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (16.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (8.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (4.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (112 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SystemdDelta.txt Edit (1013 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (158.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2016-04-14:

This patch is in xenial now.

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Released

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Ying-Chun Liu (paulliu) wrote on 2016-10-26:

Hi Martin,

This also affects 14.04 (Trusty). Can you also SRU it in Trusty?

Thanks.

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Yu Ning (yuningdodo) wrote on 2016-11-17:

Hi Martin,

I have backported the patch to 14.04 and verified by my own, could you help to review it and push the SRU process? Here is my patch:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~yuningdodo/systemd/systemd.trusty.lp1562344/revision/2

Thanks

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2016-11-23:

Massaged a bit and pushed to trusty packaging branch: https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/+git/systemd-trusty/commit/?id=9577cf48

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	New → In Progress

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Yu Ning (yuningdodo) wrote on 2016-11-29:

Cool, thanks very much.

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote on 2017-01-07: Please test proposed package

Hello dlh, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/204-5ubuntu20.21 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed

Mathew Hodson (mhodson) on 2017-01-08

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in systemd (Ubuntu Trusty):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote on 2017-01-17:

Could you please verify this bug report such that current systemd can be released, and a new upload can happen?

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Thomas Voß (thomas-voss) wrote on 2017-01-23:

I verified that brightness control keeps on working on my local machines (Lenovo x220 and x250). I do not have the HW in the bug title available for testing purposes.

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Ying-Chun Liu (paulliu) wrote on 2017-01-24:

#10

Hi all.

To verify this bug. Please.

1. Install Trusty (14.04).
2. Enable trusty-proposed. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed
3. apt-get update; apt-get upgrade.
4. apt-cache policy systemd. Make sure the version installed is 204-5ubuntu20.21
5. Reboot.
6. See if hotkey works.

Thanks a lot.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-01-26:

#11

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 204-5ubuntu20.21

---------------
systemd (204-5ubuntu20.21) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Dan Streetman ]
  * rules: introduce disk/by-id (wwid and model_serial) symlinks
    for NVMe drives (LP: #1642903)

[ Yu Ning ]
* keymap: Some HP refactoring, add Probook 440 G3 keys (LP: #1562344)

-- Steve Langasek <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:46:52 -0800

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu Trusty):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2017-01-26:

#12

This is a simple string change in the rules database and is already present in 16.04. I am not blocking the release of the SRU for verification of this change. If there are any further problems upon testing, please reopen.

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Ying-Chun Liu (paulliu) wrote on 2017-02-20:

#13

Verified. It works on HP ProBook. With 3.19 kernel at least. 3.13 kernel doesn't support the backlight of this machine.
Thanks.

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